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32-year-old man arrested under POCSO Act in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: A 32-year-old man was arrested under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Saturday for allegedly posing nude in front of a girl and calling her inside his house near here, police said. The seven-year-old girl was sent by her mother to purchase some provisions from nearby shop on Friday. As the girl was returning, Ramesh Kumar, a daily wage labourer, was standing naked in front of his house near Annur about 35 kilometers from here and was calling the girl to come inside his house. The shell-shocked girl immediately ran to her house, police said. The girl narrated the incident to her mother and told that the man had done the same thing a couple of days ago. The mother lodged a complaint with All Woman Police Station at nearby Mettupalayam. Based on the complaint, police arrested Kumar this morning and registered a case under POCSO Act and are investigating.

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